The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is concerned about the situation in Venezuela and condemns the attempts of the government of that country to usurp power.
“Ukraine is concerned about the escalation of political tension and violence in Venezuela amid the deepening of economic and food crisis. We resolutely oppose the attempts by the Venezuelan government to usurp power, as well as to violate basic democratic rights and freedoms of its citizens, including the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in its statement on July 31.
Ukraine strongly supports the appeals and efforts of the global community aimed at resolution of the crisis in Venezuela, including by means of holding free and democratic elections.
The Foreign Ministry said that it is not for the first time when Venezuela shows disrespect for democratic norms and principles of international law. In its time, Venezuela did not support Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity during the voting of the UN GA Resolutions, which were equally important for Ukraine and the whole civilized world.
In Venezuela on July 30 there were elections to the Constituent Assembly of the Constitutional Assembly, against which background mass riots continued in the country.
Earlier, the candidate for the Constitutional Assembly of Venezuela, Jose Velix Pineda, was killed in the city of Ciudad Bolivar. He was shot dead after a group of unknown people broke into his house and shot several times.
